The Williams Sisters' Finals Match Left Me Cold
Isn't it time for us to say that if the Williams sisters aren't going to go all out and feel comfortable to win in their typical fashion that we'd rather see one of them against another opponent?
Isn't it time for us to say that if the Williams sisters aren't going to go all out and feel comfortable to win in their typical fashion that we'd rather see one of them against another opponent?
AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.04.2009 | Home
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The Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
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Often the best courts and play slots (and hence the better media coverage) are given to the women who are better lookers rather than the ones who are better players.
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AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 06.04.2009 | Home
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Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy
Doesn't it seem like everyone's cheating? Why fight it any longer? Let's either join the cheating ranks (hey, they can't catch us all, right?) or at least sit back and enjoy their antics.
AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
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I will say, after a whopping 32 putts on Thursday at the Master's, which put Tiger in a tie for 83rd place in a 96-player field -- maybe he should take some pointers from Serena and the others.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Comedy
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Jewel Woods | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style
As the husband of a woman that looks like Venus and Serena it offends me that my standards of beauty are not recognized or validated in professional sports.
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Williams: No seriously, I am terrible at basketball. Track is kind of a no-brainer, but yeah, anything other than tennis, I'm not good at it.
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NY Times | Posted 08.27.2008 | Business
BEIJING -- At times during the Olympics, athletes like Dwyane Wade and Serena Williams seemed to be working as hard off the court as on they were on t...
Peter A. Ubel | Posted 08.26.2008 | Entertainment
Unfortunately, neither tournament has joined the idea of equal pay between sexes with the notion of equal play.
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Paula Duffy | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment